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2026 Nevada wildfire and mass evacuations
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 24
AUG 25 · Day 2
Nevada wildfire firefighters make progress
Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve said the fire spread so quickly at its height that she feared for the worst.
Fires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area in early August.
At least 32 homes have burned and six are damaged in the Hawk Fire.
AUG 24 · Day 1
Human-caused Nevada wildfire forces 42,000 evacuations
Officials say the fire is under investigation.
Six people have been injured in the fire.
A fast-moving wildfire near Reno, Nevada, put another 45,000 people on alert.